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12 Best Ways to Make Money as an Artist in 2022
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Jan 17, 2024
If you’re ready to start making money as an artist then this video is for YOU because we're going to share 12 of the BEST ways you can bring in good money from your art. For even MORE IDEAS & TIPS, read our in-depth blog post at https://millo.co/how-to-make-money-as-an-artist • • • VIDEO CHAPTERS • • • 0:00 Introduction 0:45 12 Ways to Make Money as an Artist 1:09 Selling Your Art 1:45 Selling Art Prints or Replicas 2:21 Licensing Your Artwork 2:51 Offer Private Art Commissions 3:38 Teach an Online Art Course or Workshop 4:15 Sell Art Tutorials 4:27 Start a Blog Around Your Art 4:55 Sell Art Books 5:18 Work for an Art Blog or Magazine 6:01 Become an Art Coach or Mentor 6:19 Become an Art Consultant
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If you're ready to start making money as an artist, then stay tuned, because I'm going to
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share 12 of the best ways that you can bring in good money from your art. Stay tuned
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Hey there, it's Josh here from Millo.co, where creatives and artists come to level up their
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business. Before we get going today, hit the subscribe button and leave us a comment on this
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video telling us what you'd like to learn about next. We've all heard the term starving artist
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but in today's world, where literally anyone can sell anything they want over the internet
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there's absolutely no reason to not be making money as an artist if you want to. So to help
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you out, here are 12 proven ways that you can make money as an artist. We'll cover each of
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these ideas in more depth throughout this video. These 12 ideas fall into three main categories
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selling your artwork, selling your art knowledge, and selling your artistic expertise. Let's start
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with ideas about selling your actual art. When it comes to selling your art, you can sell original
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pieces, sell prints or replicas, license your art, or offer private commissions. First, selling your
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art. The most basic way to make money as an artist is to simply start selling your art. Whether you
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create paintings, sculptures, jewelry, drawings, or any other kind of art, you can find a place to
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sell it. Consider researching local farmer's markets or craft fairs where you can buy a booth
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space. Alternatively, you can sell your art online. You could try selling through your own website
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but this is far more difficult than tapping into a pre-existing audience of potential customers
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through marketplaces like Etsy or YouGallery. Next, try selling prints or replicas. The obvious
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problem with selling your art as outlined in step one is this. Once you've sold an art piece once
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you can't sell it again, so you have to sell each piece for quite a lot of money. Now, this is
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obviously quite difficult to achieve, which makes selling replicas or prints another great way to
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make money from your art. Sites like Society6 can help you replicate your art and sell it repeatedly
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to customers all over the world. You can simply upload your art and give them permission to sell
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merchandise with your art on it. When they do, they share a portion of the revenue with you
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Similarly, you might try licensing your art. When you license your artwork, you retain full
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ownership and simply sell the right for a person or company to use your art in certain formats
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which you have full control over. For example, sites like Art.com or CafePress will license the
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rights to your artwork, giving you a percentage of each sale they make. Similarly, photographers
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and videographers can license their work on stock sites such as Adobe Stock or Shutterstock. You can
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also sell your art by offering private commissions to clients. Now, while this might sound extremely
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high-end and exclusive, it doesn't have to be. Although you may be able to charge wealthy clients
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for singular pieces of art, many artists are finding that they're also able to sell commissioned
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artwork through sites like Fiverr. You simply list what kind of art you're willing to create
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and clients contact you with the details you need to do great work. Next up, let's discuss the second
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category for making money as an artist – selling your art knowledge. When it comes to making money
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from what you know as an artist, there are lots of possibilities. Today we'll cover teaching a course
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or workshop, selling tutorials, blogging, selling an e-book, or working for an art blog or magazine
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If you enjoy teaching about art, you can make money selling an online course or tickets to an
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in-person workshop. Sites like Udemy or Skillshare allow you to record videos of your course and
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upload them for sale to their larger learner marketplaces. You could also use Podia or Teachable
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to upload a course on your own and drive customers there with social media or email
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Hey, we're about halfway through, and if you're finding this video helpful, then please click
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that subscribe button and leave a comment letting us know what you'd like to learn next
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Another way to sell what you know is to publish tutorials. You can publish art tutorials on
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YouTube and eventually make money from ads. Or if you already have an email list or social media
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followers, you can use a tool like Podia to sell video tutorials or PDFs. If you're willing to put
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in some work and have some patience, a blog can be a great way to make money as an artist. Not only
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can you blog about art in order to collect ad revenue or affiliate income, you can also use
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your blog as a way to attract new art clients. The key is to write for your target audience
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offering them what they're looking for. Whether that's graphic design, social media, photography
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or other art, you can find a blog niche that works for you long term. If you're a good writer
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blogging isn't your only option either. Consider selling an art ebook to make additional income
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as an artist. The book could be highly instructional, such as how to achieve a
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certain artistic style as a sculptor. Or it could also be more about your art. For example
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you could craft an interesting coffee table book and pre-sell it on a site like Kickstarter
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If running your own business sounds overwhelming, you could still make money from your art knowledge
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by working for an art blog or magazine. Writing articles, taking photos, and doing art direction
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is a fascinating way not only to make money as an artist, but also to make powerful connections
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and put your name in front of a broader audience. Start by being an active follower of sites that
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you'd like to work for. Most bloggers and website owners are likely to hire from their own audience
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of readers. Finally, you can always sell your artistic expertise as a way to make money from
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art. Options include becoming an art coach or mentor, becoming an art consultant, or working
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for marketplaces or galleries. Becoming a coach or mentor is a great way to give back to the
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artistic community while making extra money from your art. You can begin by building a following
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on social media or through a blog, and then offering coaching services. Or you can look
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into local community colleges or universities who need additional art mentors. If you have
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strong opinions about art, you can also become an art consultant. Companies of all sizes hire
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art consultants, from massive Hollywood studios to small startups and everything in between. To
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make money from your art, you could find a job at one of these companies or sell your freelance
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art consultant services on an as-needed basis. Of course, if you're passionate about art, then you
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can also work for a gallery or art marketplace. There are millions of art galleries both online
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and offline, and each of them hire artists, art consultants, art experts, tour guides
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and tons more positions in the art industry. There's truly no shortage of job opportunities
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for people who want to make money as an artist. And that's it! 12 ways that you can make money
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as an artist. Leave a comment on this video and tell us which method that you're going to try next
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Post links to your art, your course, your book, or your blog. We'd actually love to see what you are
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working on. And of course, don't forget to subscribe to this channel for more advice on making money as
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an artist. We don't want to see a single one of our subscribers become a starving artist
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Until next time, I'm Josh from Mellow.co, see you later
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